PREVIEW: Wild Men (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rasmus Bjerg (Flame and Citron), Zaki Youssef (Sons of Denmark), Bjørn Sundquist (The Border), Sofie Gråbøl (The Day Will Come), Marco Ilsø (Rebounce), Jonas Bergen Rahmanzadeh (The Elite), Håkon T. Nielsen (The 12th Man), Tommy Karlsen (The White Viking), Rune Temte (A Boy Called Christmas)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Thomas Daneskov (The Elite), director, writer; Morten Pape (film debut), writer; Lina Flint (The Guilty), producer; Ola Fløttum (The Worst Person in the World), composer; Jonatan Rolf Mose (A Report on the Party and the Guests), cinematographer; Julius Krebs Damsbo (Winter Brothers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Desperate to relieve himself of his overwhelming mid-life crisis, Martin (Bjerg) deserts his family and flees to the mountains, where he begins hunting and gathering as his ancestors once did thousands of year prior. However, when he crosses paths with an injured drug dealer, Martin finds an unlikely ally in his search to reclaim his manhood…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This pitch-black Danish comedy explores fragile masculinity at its most extreme, in often hilarious and even uncomfortable ways that are bound to surprise audiences.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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